Teens don’t understand the big fuss （小题大做）.As the first generation to grow up in a wired world, they hardly know a time when computers weren’t around, and they eagerly catch the chance to spend hours online, chatting with friends, So what?
But researchers nationwide are increasingly worried that teens are becoming isolated（孤寂）,less skillful at person-to-person relationships, and perhaps numb （麻木） to the cheatings that are so much a part of the e-mail world.“And a teen’s sense of self and values may be changed in a world where personal connections can be limitless,”said sherry Turkle .
Another researcher, Robert Kraut, said he’s worried about the“opportunity costs”（机会成本） of so much online time for youths. He found that teens who used computers, even just a few hours a week, showed increased signs of loneliness and social isolation.“Chatting online may be better than watching television, but it’s worse than hanging out （闲逛）with real friends,”he said.
Today’s teens, however, don’t see anything strange in the fact that the computer takes up a central place in their social lives,“School is busy and full of pressure. There’s almost no time to just hang out.”said Parker Rice, 17. “Talking online is just catch up time.”
Teens say they feel good about what they say online or taking the time to think about a reply. Some teens admit that asking someone for a date, or breaking up, can be easier in message form, though they don’t want to do so. But they insist there’s no harm.

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青少年对时下的小题大做的争议不太理解，作为在由电线联络的世界里成长起来的第一代，他们根本就不知道周围没有计算机的时代是什么样的，现在他们一有机会就渴望长时间上网，在网上与朋友聊天，有什么比这还重要呢？
但是，全国各地的研究人员越来越担心青少年会变得孤独，缺乏处理人际关系的技巧，对充斥在伊妹儿世界里的欺骗甚至变得麻木，“在人与人之间的联系可以是无限的世界里，青少年的自我认知和价值取向可能发生变化，” 雪丽.唐卡这样说道。
另一为研究员罗伯特.卡路特说他担心年轻人花这么多时间上网会造成他们的“机会成本”。他发现使用计算机的青少年，哪怕一周只花几个小时，都会有更加孤独，更游离出社会的表现。“上网聊天可能比看电视好，但不如与现实的朋友外出闲逛”，他说道。
然而，时下的青少年对于计算机在他们的社会生活中的中心地位的事实一点也不感到奇怪，“学校里很忙，而且充满压力，几乎没时间让你闲逛。”17岁的帕克.赖斯如是说，“网上聊天只是抓住时间。”
青少年说，在线聊天和花时间去想如何回复，使他们感觉不错。一些青少年承认，以短信留言的形式要求某人约会或者分手更方便。尽管他们不想这样做，但他们坚持认为这样做也无害。

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